Storage and Transporting Considerations:

#1 Option Nothing But Nets Home Game: need pickup to transport w/ tie downs & bungy cords; best transported & stored in one piece

#2 Option Nothing But Nets Steel Premium Game: game folds, requires less storage space and is easier to transport

1. Solicit a local sponsor to donate the purchase price of the game. Explain to prospective sponsor or sponsors the purpose and mission of your netraiser team. Explain how your team plans on using Pop-A-Shot game to save lives. Communicate why your team has decided to join in the fight against malaria. Explain that the game will be used as a fundraiser to purchase mosquito nets to save lives. Explain game will be used at home basketball games, school events, local venues, fairs, festivals, etc.

2. Solicit a local sign/graphics company to donate a banner for your display booth. Consider placing the sponsors names on the banner or adjacent signs or side of the game.

3. When soliciting a sponsor, it is vital that you have a face to face meeting. Call the prospective sponsors secretary and request a 10 minute meeting. When the secretary asks "what is this in reference too?" a simple "saving lives with Nothing But Nets" will suffice. When meeting with the sponsor, point out that their firm will receive a great deal of positive exposure and publicity at the display area.

4. Solicit companies to have their sign located near the display area. Have a sponsors poster....large sign showing sponsors ($100 per company). Consider asking fast foot chains.

5. Have a car wash with good signage. Ask local stores with large parking lots to allow you to use their lot. Look for highly trafficked areas.

6. Hold an auction.

7. Have a Dance-A-Thon

8. Have your team lease themselves for a day (rake leaves, baby sit, paint, etc.)

9. Have a yard sale

10. Organize a concert with local musicians

11. Create your own great ideas. Be innovative.

1. Your Pop-A-Shot Nothing But Nets Basketball Game will be the focal point of your fundraiser display. Determine the highest trafficked area in the foyer or mezzaine. If setting up at a school basketball game, attempt to set up close to the concession area. Local malls are good site areas, as well as fairs, festivals, and church conferences and camps.

2. Make sure your display is manned at all times. At basketball game events your busiest time is at half time, as well as before and after the game. The majority of the fans will be in the stands, however many younger kids will be in the area, thus the importance of maintaining your supervision. Make sure your display is not setup near the playing area, otherwise an errant ball might interrupt play.

3. We suggest that you have a minimum of two Netraiser team members to conduct and supervise the game.

4. We suggest a charge of $1.00-5.00 per game played. One team member will take the money and supervise play and the other team member will record the score of the participant.

5. To create the most interest and have people play many times you should conduct an ongoing tournament. A player can play as many times as they desire. However, the fee to play for each game is $1.00-5.00. The recorder will record the initial score of the player as well as each time that the player betters their own score. The recorder needs to have an alphabetized record book.

6. Supervisors would wear Nothing But Nets t-shirts. You could probably get a local graphics/print store to donate a few t-shirts for your supervisors. A banner down the most visible sided of the net is one other option to dress up your booth.

7. The idea for an ongoing tournament is to award the winners at the conclusion of the tournament. This may be a one day event or an entire length of an activity. If you setup for a home basketball season, the best scores at the end of the final game would be recognized as the champ, runner-up, third, fourth, etc.

8. Prizes are extremely important to the success of your Pop-A-Shot/Nothing but Nets netraiser. Prized may range from free vacation flights (donated by travel agency, t-shirts, mini basketballs, trophies, plaques, shopping cards, funny hats, fast food give-a-ways, free restaurant meals, school memorabilia,...basically anything of intrinsic value....

9. If you can display the top "20" scores and post on a chalk board in front of your booth, you can create a great deal of interest and have more play. This way players can figure out what scores they have to beat to move up the chart.

10. Your Netraiser team can work to obtain the prices from local merchants.

11. Have blank registration forms where people who desire can donate to purchase a net for $10 on behalf of some individuals or an organization. A good sign requesting people to buy a net and save 4 lives would be a big assist.

12. Download publicity ideas from: www.nothingbutnets.net

13. Have an adult sponsor or team netraiser leader/captain/director keep an accurate account of all Nothing But Nets revenues received. Established a bank account in a local bank. Send monthly Nothing But Nets monies to:

Nothing But Nets
Att: United Nations Foundation
Department 93
Washington, DC 20055

We suggest that each Pop-A-Shot/Nothing But Nets booth have forms available to hand out to participants to use as a Nothing But Nets donor sheets. It would also be a good idea to include addressed envelopes with the Nothing But Nets address where all the donor has to do is include their check and a stamp. If you participants wish to donate online, they need to go to: www.nothingbutnets.net to make their donation.

 

Here is a an Adobe PDF version of a form that you may find useful to hand out to your players to encourage them to send in a Nothing But Nets donation.

 

Nothing But Nets Form

 

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